Apache County vs Gila County

A side-by-side comparison of Apache County and Gila County: population, income, housing, and more.

Apache County and Gila County are counties in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Apache County has the higher population (65,680 vs 53,610 in Gila County). Gila County has the higher median household income ($59,089 vs $40,338 in Apache County). Gila County has the higher median home value ($247,000 vs $68,500 in Apache County).

Population, income & housing

	Apache County	Gila County
Population	65,680	53,610
Median age	36.2 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,338	$59,089
Median home value	$68,500	$247,000
Median gross rent	$647	$1,001
Housing units	29,001	32,614
Homeownership rate	79.1%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apache County	Gila County
Population	71,511 → 65,680 (-8.2%)	53,546 → 53,610 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$32,508 → $40,338 (+24.1%)	$43,524 → $59,089 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$59,900 → $68,500 (+14.4%)	$165,800 → $247,000 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$506 → $647 (+27.9%)	$816 → $1,001 (+22.7%)

Apache County

Population

71,51165,680

Median household income

$32,508$40,338

Median home value

$59,900$68,500

Median gross rent

$506$647

Gila County

Population

53,54653,610

Median household income

$43,524$59,089

Median home value

$165,800$247,000

Median gross rent

$816$1,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apache County	Gila County
Under 5	6.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	20.3%	14.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.0%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	17.9%
75 and over	6.2%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apache County	Gila County
White (non-Hispanic)	18.6%	62.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	71.4%	12.7%
Asian	0.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.0%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apache County	Gila County
No high school diploma	15.1%	10.4%
High school graduate	31.2%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apache County	Gila County
Drove alone	80.5%	68.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	16.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	4.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.3%	11.0%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apache County	Gila County
1-unit, detached	70.1%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Apache County	Gila County
Poverty rate	31.2%	17.8%
Average household size	3.14	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1988	1985